March = sakura!

12 days u can go Tokyo + Osaka or Tokyo + Hokkaido. Hokkaido can take local flight about >10,000 yen one way if buy early bird promo Skymark or AirDo.

For Hokkaido, summer can see Lavender. Winter can go ski or Sapporo winter festival but date not announced yet for late Jan/early Feb 2015. If u go end March, u can have chance to ski and see sakura in tokyo

This post has been edited by estcin: Feb 26 2014, 11:31 AM

You cannot get Sakura at March
April or May

2014 Sakura open at Ends of April & Early of may

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Feb 26 2014, 11:13 AM

Oic. This year it comes late.

travelling to kyoto via osaka this autumn..here is my itenerary

arrive in airport collect
ICOCA & HARUKA

Day 1 western kyoto
Arashiyama and Sagano:
Bamboo Groves
Tenryuji Temple
Jojakkoji Temple
Nisonin Temple
Gioji Temple
Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple

Day 2 eastern kyoto:
Kiyomizudera
Ginkakuji
kodaiji temple
eikando temple
philosopher path
ginkakuji temple

Day 3 northen kyoto:
Kinkakuji
Kibune

Day 4 northen kyoto:
Ohara

Day 5 northen kyoto:
Enkoji Temple
Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

Day 6 south kyoto:
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Tofukuji Temple

mostly for photography...is it 2 rush for day 1 and 2? need some advice about kibune also...is it worth going?...feel like wanna drop it but need advice from travellers who went there

Personally think that 1 day can't go so many temple... Day 1 and day 2 too rush indeed

Stay over kix airport lounge.. Apply the kix airport card can get 50%discount but only in Japanese and the counter closed on 10 or 11 PM I forgot

This post has been edited by BlackPen: Feb 26 2014, 12:18 PM

Can you recommend me which restaurant to eat Kobe beef? Either good one or affordable one also can.

This post has been edited by terryykf: Feb 26 2014, 12:26 PM

I am banking on it. Going to Kyoto end of Nov and hopefully there will be not much changes from 2013 autumn report.

i tot sakura oni blooms for 1 weeks

anyway for those want to view cherry blossom, this is the tips
mean if u arrive early/before sakura season... u need to travel to south of japan
if u r late... go north!!!

sorry cant answer this, all ur activity is really "season based"
u have to adjust ur timing accordingly...

my activity oso like tat.
i adjust my itinerary on the last week b4 i depart
no joking!!!
mean, my hotel is book 1day in advanced... i did it day per day basic
(yes, my accommodation is from guesthouse to premium type )

the result is rewarding
i able to do scuba dive in okinawa (whale share ) and still managed to catch autumn foliage in jozankei, hokkaido

happy backpacking

I rather go Taiwan see Sakura.
10 times more fun than Japan.

why so? japan has more sakura trees no?

I am interested to know too. Been finding a reason to visit taiwan

then for me is... south korea

waiting for someone to say china

how many days you spent at okinawa? and how would you rate it compared to other sides of Japan?

Taiwan Sakura tree as much as Japan. But Taiwan sakura tree are not in City or park like Japan.
Taiwan was inside forest. Need mountain trekking or riding joy train to enjoy the view.

For me, 10 times much better than Japan sakura in city.

6days
i would say okinawa is holiday spot for japanese ppl,
very very few foreigner except for taiwanese ppl and most of them r young and pretty (serious!!!~)

it recommended if u like beach, indoor super aquarium (with whale shark, manta ray),
blue sea, scuba diving, fresh seafood and noodle

btw i didnt walk alots, mostly im driving bcoz of the typhoon
and it managed to trapped us in hotel for a day
inconclusion my comment is not to be taken serious...
simply bcoz i didnt explorer fully

I would like to ask about the expenses of traveling from Shiga to Kyoto by train for a one-day trip. The Hyperdia website is totally unresponsive

btw if u guyz r interested to shopping... in okinawa